Obama legalizing gay marriage... Do you think he did it because he actually supports gay rights? Or do you think he did it just for the publicity?
Aiden Miller
2012/06/11 08:52:09
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As happy as I am about gay marriage -possibly- being legalized; I don't think he supports it because he actually supports us. I firmly believe he did it to get more votes from the gay population.
**Edit**
Yes I realize I made a mistake in the question. And before you get all pissy and start being a bunch of smart asses... Yes I know he does not have the power to legalize gay marriage.
**Edit**
Yes I realize I made a mistake in the question. And before you get all pissy and start being a bunch of smart asses... Yes I know he does not have the power to legalize gay marriage.
You appear to be jumping the gun just a bit.
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Yeah, for what? like maybe 3-4% of the vote TOPS?!?!??!? And thats INCLUDING all eligible voters, and "IF" they all voted!
1. He has several gay friends. People with actual friends who are gay are much more likely to be supportive.
2. He is a member of the United Church of Christ. The UCC has supported gay rights since the foundation of the church and has, denominationally, supported gay marriage for decades, finally formalizing that support in a public statement that can be found here: http://www.ucc.org/lgbt/issue... in 2005.
The president knew that the likelihood was high that he would lose more votes than he would gain by supporting gay marriage, since it is still a very divisive issue, but he made his public statement anyway.
That statement was in line with what I had always assumed that he privately thought and his actions were, as nearly everything he does has been since the beginning, highly principled.
His call for the decision to be made at the state level is in accord with the 10th amendment and is also the same "route" followed to end miscegenation laws.
I honor him for the courage that doing this took - and in fact, certainly think that any thinking lgbt person or supp...
1. He has several gay friends. People with actual friends who are gay are much more likely to be supportive.
2. He is a member of the United Church of Christ. The UCC has supported gay rights since the foundation of the church and has, denominationally, supported gay marriage for decades, finally formalizing that support in a public statement that can be found here: http://www.ucc.org/lgbt/issue... in 2005.
The president knew that the likelihood was high that he would lose more votes than he would gain by supporting gay marriage, since it is still a very divisive issue, but he made his public statement anyway.
That statement was in line with what I had always assumed that he privately thought and his actions were, as nearly everything he does has been since the beginning, highly principled.
His call for the decision to be made at the state level is in accord with the 10th amendment and is also the same "route" followed to end miscegenation laws.
I honor him for the courage that doing this took - and in fact, certainly think that any thinking lgbt person or supporter should unabashedly support his reelection, not because he did this to GET their vote, but because he did it in spite of the rage it surely would (and has) engendered.
Regards,
Reyn
I realized my mistake a few seconds after posting this and to my dismay I have not found a way to edit it to fix my mistake.
Doesn't make it wrong, though.
Obama did not legalize gay marriage, he just supports it.
He already had support from the Gay population. Even if he didn't come out and support same sex marriage, gays would still vote for Obama. I think he believes in it because he is a liberal and the majority of liberals support it. However, it may also cost him votes, especially in the religious black community. A large percentage of black people do not support gay marriage. It will be interesting.